[Srinagar,J&K] Broadband Internet Services Also Suspended in Kashmir.Mobile internet services remained suspended for the 36th day.
Broadband internet services were today suspended across Kashmir, except some areas housing government offices and residences of officials, while mobile internet services remained suspended in the valley for the 36th consecutive day.
The broadband services were snapped around 4.30 pm without any reason being assigned for it.
However, the services were restored after half an hour in Bemina+Lal Chowk+ Sonawar areas of the city –
– where most of the government offices and official residences of government officials are located.
The mobile internet services were snapped across Kashmir last month as a precautionary measure to prevent rumour mongering following violent clashes in the wake of killing of Hibzul Mujahideen commander Burhan on July 8 in an encounter with security forces
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Broadband Internet Services Also Suspended in Kashmir
Local Newspapers Fail to Hit Stands in Banned “Zannat” for 3rd day
[Srinagar,J&K]Local Newspapers fail to hit stands in Disturbed Kashmir for 3rd day
Local newspapers in curfew-bound Kashmir failed to hit the stands today for the third consecutive day after the government’s alleged “clampdown” on the media in the aftermath of widespread protests in the Valley.
No local daily English+Urdu+Kashmiri was available as the newspaper owners decided not to publish them after the “clampdown” by the government on Friday night.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday allegedly closed down the offices of at least two printing presses after seizing plates of newspaper and printed copies in Rangreth Industrial Estate in the outskirts of the city
Local news agencies have stopped their news bulletins
Following the police action, a meeting of Kashmir-based newspaper editors, printers and publishers, was held on Saturday at Press Colony in which the issue was discussed.
The journalists also held a protest against the alleged “clampdown” and termed it as an “attack on the freedom of press”.
A statement of the newspaper editors, printers and publishers of Kashmir issued here said they strongly “condemned” the alleged government action.
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